William Shatner hit with $170 million paternity suit

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William Shatner had a star-making role as Captain Kirk in the cult sci-fi series "Star Trek." Look through the gallery for updates on Shatner and his "Star Trek" co-stars.

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Shatner has since starred in "T.J. Hooker," "Rescue 911" and "Boston Legal," as well as a slew of "Star Trek" movies. And, of course, those Priceline commercials. The actor, who recently turned 85, is now in the news for a paternity lawsuit.

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Walter Koenig was brought in for the show's second season to play Chekov, the navigator of the starship Enterprise. He bore some resemblance to members of the Beatles.

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Koenig stayed in the world of "Star Trek" for six follow-up movies and had a recurring role on space drama "Babylon 5."

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George Takei portrayed Lieutenant Sulu on the "Star Trek" series and in the subsequent movies.

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With his distinctive voice, Takei is now best known for his social media presence and activism for gay rights. He also had a stint announcing on Howard Stern's show, and on the series "Heroes" and "The Neighbors."

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Nichelle Nichols broke barriers as one of the first black women on TV who was not playing a servant. Her character, Uhura, shared a kiss with Captain Kirk -- believed to be the first interracial kiss on television.

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After working on "Star Trek" films and the TV series "Heroes," Nichols is very involved in the space and science world. She makes frequent appearances at sci-fi conventions.

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As the often-exasperated Dr. "Bones" McCoy, DeForest Kelley was a fan favorite. He died in 1999.

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The world mourned when Leonard Nimoy died in February 2015. His portrayal of Commander Spock, the Enterprise's logical, part-Vulcan science officer, won him many fans. After "Star Trek," Nimoy appeared in many TV shows and movies, wrote two autobiographies and directed the 1987 film comedy "Three Men and a Baby."

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A Tampa-area radio host says William Shatner is his father

Shatner denies paternity

(CNN)William Shatner is being sued for $170 million by a Florida-based radio host who claims that the "Star Trek" actor is his father.

Peter Sloan, who now goes by the name Peter Shatner, says the actor had an affair with his birth mother, Katherine Burt (later Kathy McNeil), in 1956.

Shatner denies that Sloan is his son.

Sloan, 59, was given up for adoption shortly after his birth. In 1984, he started seeking his birth parents and identified the people he believed to be his mother and father.

"Over the months that followed through a process of research and verification, Peter was able to identify his birth father as Canadian born William Shatner," according to petershatner.com, a website registered by Sloan.

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The lawsuit (PDF) states that Sloan met Shatner in November 1984 on the set of his TV series "T.J. Hooker." At the meeting, the lawsuit says, Shatner "admitted" he was Sloan's father, but when Sloan followed up with a phone call days later, Shatner "became agitated and hung-up the phone."

Sloan alleges that Shatner's social media director posted "malicious, libelous and slanderous statements about the Plaintiff (Sloan) on Facebook and Twitter." He also says Twitter and IMDBPro have shut down accounts related to him.

Sloan is seeking $30 million in compensatory damages, $90 million in punitive damages and $50 million for pain and suffering. He is also demanding a jury trial.